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February 27, 2013

House leaders at odds

House leaders at odds The chairmen of the House’s two money committees found themselves on differing sides Tuesday with top appropriator Herb Frierson, R-Poplarville, opposing some of the tax exemptions proposed by the Ways and Means Committee. Frierson, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, provided to House colleagues a study of the amount of money the…
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February 26, 2013

Though it’s getting very little play in the media elsewhere, noose is tightening in DMR scandal

DMR’s Shumate approached Land Trust on purchase of Scott Walker lot, group says Shumate has declined previous requests to speak with the Sun Herald, referring calls to her attorney, Tim Holleman of Gulfport. Holleman is representing her during ongoing state and federal investigations of DMR spending under Bill Walker, whom the agency’s governing board fired…